Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
WEEKLY CITIZEN
LOCAL NEWS.

Deputy Treasurer Heney is very busy with the new tax roll, and VIII nave ~ completed in 8 short tune.
 Major Whsm. U. s, A., of New York, ~;l relieve Major CoIe as psymastei
 Mrs. Smith, wife of Major Geo. R. Smith, left last week for San Diego, to
 gone two months.
 The Kingston Weekly Shaft is good paper even if 1t does reach our exchange tat les eight days after date of publi- eii
 Capt. R. G. Smither, 10th Cavalry. and Lieut.. Johnson of 10th Cavalry, have each been granted a months leave Of absence with permission to apply for sn extention of time if desired.
 The ssmpling works received large shipment of ere from Globe this morn ing, with c notios that more would fol- low. This ore has always been shipped to Sooorro previously.
 R.Wood. better known as Bob" son of Judge J. s. Wood, is running an express messenger on the Mexican Central Rail rosd between Zscetecss and El Paso, distance of eight hundred miles,
 Mir. and Mrs. J. 4. Bright celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary in WD- cox on Friday last. Both Mir. and Mrs. Bright have many friends here who trust they will see many hsppy returns of the day.
 Major Coxe, .. 5. A. hss been ordered to take station st Los Angeles. Tn. people of Tucson will regnt very much to lose Msior and Mrs. OoIe, who have made great many friends during theii residence here.
 Mir. John Ivsncovich who was burned ont of business on Congress street 8 fe T weeks since, will reopen in his old store as soon as the necessary repair. can be completed. His old friends and patrons will be glad 10 see him one, more established in business and dolns well.
 Chief Roche, Capt Johnson and Billy Lucas took n sn opium joint on Pear street this afternoon. They found tw Chinsmen, one they locked up. the other being too lame to walk. having lsprou. looking sores on one limb. These off cers are making it very hot for the opium smokers.
 James P. Kelly, now in jail for com plicity in the recent train robbery, wired friends at Stein's Peak of hls trouble and wss advised by them to employ nc lawyer, as respon sible parties would come iD to testify in his behalf. The probability is that he will be eIonersted and acquitted.
 The demand for Vichy water hss be- come so grestjthst Dr. Martin is thinking seriously of bottling it for the market. To supply this demand which is quite extensive will of itself be quite SD item. Eichy water possesses the rare merit ol slsking the thirst. cooling the system and at the same time giving the stom- sch free and healthy action.
 4 Dakota paper thus falls sfoul of its hated rival: "A man living sbout twelve miles from here died from poisoning Monday evening. It seems he ste 8 lunch thst had been wrapped in 8 copy of our losthed snd disgusting contem- porsry and It killed him. Others take warning"
 Francisco Corransda, @ young Mexican l in the employ of Messrs. Davis & Mo Kay, on their sheep ranch near Oracle. | died suddenly yesterday. He vss, 1t appears, sitting in 6 tent making bread when he wss stricken by death. He had fallen over and was dead when l found. He is supposed 10 have been killed by lightning. The body vss brought here for burial and was inferred | today. He was aged about F years.
 During the recent "hold up" of the | train the robbers took especisl delight | in calling for Conductor Gillispie. He l is reported 10 have said that no rot Der l could hold up his train, and this boas, l they were undoubtedly familiar with | and wanted him to know tbst they knew | 1t. They evidently had no desire to in- lure him. so long ss he kept out of their way, and this he succeeded in doing.
 It has not yet been definitely asoer- tRined how much money the robbers | got, but certain it is that there was con- siderable railroad money on board. | There were also many vouchers but these | would be useless to the robbers. Wells | t Fsrgo's route agent thinks that the l loss of money would not exceed that fl taken st the previous robbery after the amount of the vouchers had been de- ducted. Others again put the loss st between S20000 and S30000.
 A mutiny of colored troops occurred | last week in B summer camp in the Mo gollon mountains. Captain Baldwin in command, was compelled to leave camp tor few days to go to Camp Verde. oD business During his absence, Dr. Mearn, U. 5. surgeon. was the only commissioned officer left n camp, and
 part of their supplies running short Ak. .N sk.- m | troops mounted their horses and were "bout to break camp, when the doctor sent to 8 neighboring store. purchased the articles of which they were short. and induced the men to remsin ip camp. Four of the ring-Ieaders were placed in irons and taken to Camp Verde for trial, the penalty for mutiuy being very severe.-Journsl-Mi Miner.
 The CITIZEN is again put under obli- gstIons to Mir. w. L, Whepley of PhenIx for box of Salt River rslsed g spee. We are free to say that finer grapes were never produced in the world. They gre large, heshy, almost bursting with juice, and of unsurpsssiDg fisvor. Mir. Mhepley is in the fruit and produce business in Phenix and has both oroh- ards and and vInysrds under his con | engaged to purchase fruit from him in stead of sending Co California for it. The fruits of Salt River valley are less time on the way. consequently much fresher than that brought from Califor- nis and consequently better.
 The we'll known and popular firm of ksum < Conoyer. proprietors of the Fashion Saloon, has been dissolved by mutual consent. Mir. Oonover retiring. Mir. Rsum. who has been one of the owners of the Fashion since it was es- tsolished, IS now sole proprietor. That George will keep this fsvorite resort up . to its usual standard, and continue to , receive liberal patronage, there can be no doubt Mir. Oonover has not yet ] definitely decided upon his plans for the ! future, but will go and take look at a the PhenIx country. Ed is 6 capital ! fellow, and wherever he may cast bis lot will have the best wishes of hosts of s